June 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] openSUSE 11 KDE4 Pim Kontact crashes
by Lívio Cipriano 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

HI, I've just installed openSUSE 11 KDE4 CD and when I open Kontact and try to skip the introduction it crashes. I started with a clean .kde4 dir and I cant even config Kontat. There are no plug ins. Any ideas? -- Regards, Lívio Cipriano -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] PackageKitd Problem with OpenSUSE 11.0
by Jan Matejek 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Todd Kap napsal(a): > > > I have been using OpenSUSE 11.0 GM for a few days and am unable to use > the "Install Software" feature as it is never able to use the package > database. It always says that the database is in use by another > program. I have gone through all the running processes and have killed > a process called "packagekitd" which then allows me to use "Install > Software." I looked at Bugzilla and this is listed as a bug (Bug > #374043) but it shows fixed. It is definitely not fixed in two machines > I installed OpenSUSE 11.0 on yesterday. Both have the same issue. have you tried waiting some time (10 minutes or so) and then start "Install Software" again? After login, packagekitd indeed uses the database when checking for updates. If yes, and it didn't work, then it's most likely a bug and you should reopen. regards, m. > > > These are brand new installs, not upgrades. I am happy to reopen the > bug if I can determine whether it is something unique to my installs or > whether I am actually experiencing the bug. > > > Anyone else having a similar issue? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhbqZUACgkQjBrWA+AvBr/UOgCdEifFVeRvbAE4mcKVW+qxJood 3vQAn0zhnznPbP3yXGFMoIP4KGlO4c9q =o1Xv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem with grub updating 10.3 -> 11.0
by Guillermo Ballester Valor 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Hello, I've updated a system of mine at work from 10.3 to 11.0, i386. Spanish language. All gone well till the boot loader instalation. It said it could not install it. I've also observed it didn't created any entry for my pre-existing windows XP partition. So when I tried to reboot it didn't work. I've tried repair system and some other tricks but nothing worked. :( Finally the only way to boot was to set manually the boot options in the starting window. I changed the 'vmlinuz-xxxxxx' and 'initrd-xxxxxx' by just 'vmlinuz' and 'initrd' . Here xxxxxx was the old kernel I had installed with old 10.3. Fortunately it worked, but I would like to know if I am the only person with these problems. I've installed a lot of SuSE OS in a lot of systems and this is the first time I had serious problems to boot after update. With the system booted in that form, I tried to use yast2 to repair the boot loader and it said there was an error, but no any explanation. Guillermo -- Guillermo Ballester Valor gbv(a)oxixares.com http://www.oxixares.com/~gbv Ogijares, Granada - SPAIN -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kontact crash
by Chris Arnold 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Fresh install of 11.0 with kde4. When i open kontact there is nothing there but "welcome to knotact 1.2". I have no option to create an email account or anything. It will crash if i click on "skip introduction". You will find the backtrace attached. How can i fix this?

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Re: [opensuse] opensuse 11, boot installed system
by Larry Stotler 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:16 PM, jdd <jdd(a)new.dodin.org> wrote: > this previous bug report is confusing, most of the discussion being on an > other subject than the one given as title. Yeah, basically, something got broken in regards to it, and instead of fixing it, it got removed. It's a really needed feature on Old World Macs because of the way you have to boot. You can't get the actual installed kernel and initrd files from the CD/DVD, so you have to drop to a console and copy them before the system reboots. A really big pain to say the least. > so I opened a new bug: > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=401804 > against 11, as enhancement. We should at least have a rescue cd with this > feature > (it's not really practical to say to people use the cd of the previous > distro) I agree. I always found it a very useful feature. Hopefully, we can get it put back in. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Failed download files
by Chris Arnold 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Fresh install of 11.0 and kde4. When trying to installing apps from software management, i get a "download failed. File <filename> not found on medium http://download.opensuse.org/distrobution/11.0/repo/OSS". I am trying join a 2k3 domain and the join seems to work but when promptes to install samba-client 3.2 i get this message. Then i went to install gpodder and gtkpod and got this message. I have clicked "retry" to no avail. I also installed the samba-client from the install medium and i still get prompted to install samba-client for download.suse.org and it fails. How do i fix this? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] error with my 19" lcd
by bill biggs 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I have a 19" it dose 1440 by 900 I just installed 11.0 and will not go above 1024 by 768 but in 10.3 it found my display and card I did the update that 11 said i Had for x11 so I did it Can some one help ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: No sound on new HP laptop; touch-switch may be the culprit.
by Gustav Degreef 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

snip The solution below from C. Rodriguez > > worked like a charm! > > > >Subject: Re: [opensuse] No sound on new HP laptop; touch-switch may be the culprit. > > >lewis.berman(a)verizon.net escribió: > > > >> Help is appreciated, as I purchased this computer specifically to do an audio project! > > > >do this as root, ensure you have the official "updates" repository > >already configured. > > > ># zypper sa -r > >http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_10.3_U… > > > ># zypper ref > > > ># zypper in alsa alsa-oss alsa-driver-kmp-default alsa-plugins > >libasound2 alsa-utils > > > >reboot\ This solution was great. My wife has an HP dv2000 with the "waikiki" chip and I've been struggling with the mike and sound for a couple of years. I had not gotten the mike to work well and was hoping for a simple way to keep the alsa driver updated. This is an excellent solution. Can it be addded to one of the standard community repositories like the webcam drivers, etc? Gustav N��r��y隊Z)z{.�ﮞ˛��m�)z{.��+�Z+i�b�*'jW(�f�vǦj)h��Ǿ��i��

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[opensuse] Où sont les SUSEs d'antan?
by Kevin Donnelly 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

I downloaded the KDE4 LiveCD torrent of openSUSE 11.0 this morning, and these are some initial views. The LiveCD works very well, although it took a long time at the "Creating X11 config" stage - I'm using an old IBM R31 laptop, with an i830 chip. I went on to install, which incidentally might be flagged better. You have to go to Computer, and then choose Install from there - it should actually say what you're installing. The final stage of the first part of the install dropped to a console with a login prompt for a couple of minutes. I thought I was supposed to log in, and so would a new user, but in fact it wouldn't accept my username (of which more later), and went back to doing its own thing. It would have been a good idea to flash up a message here, as the second stage did ("Don't panic! We are just trying to detect your card!") - very clever. I thought the install was noticeably quicker than the old 10.2 install - perhaps 20% quicker. It had commendably fewer requirements to click/agree to than older openSUSE versions. The first login presented a major problem, however. It would not accept the user I had added during install. I was able to log in as root, and saw that there were no users. I don't think I misclicked anything in the install, so if not this is a pretty major bug. When I re-added my user using YaST, and clicked OK, the screen hung at 37% for about 4 minutes - so much so I thought it had crashed. But eventually it did get itself going again - I have no idea what it was doing. KDE4. Hmmm. Compared to the sveltness of Plastik, Ozone seems a bit ... plump, but that may have been because the laptop resolution is a lot lower than my normal screen, so my eyes may have been bamboozled. But unfortunately I decided to change Ozone to Plastik in the Control Center - bad idea - the whole thing locked up, for real this time, and when I rebooted, the Launch (Geeko) button was missing. Yup. I have no idea how to get it back. I thought this was maybe down to the general flakiness of 4.0, so I decided to take Stephan Binner's advice to upgrade to 4.1. The new package manager is like greased lightning, no doubt about it. I enabled the community repos, and it refreshed them all in a fraction of the time it takes Smart on 10.2. However, it seems you have to be connected to the network in order to run the package manager. I think I complained about this with 10.3, which I never used afterwards, but obviously no-one at openSUSE ever thinks of running the package manager without being connected. Ah well. I looked for 4.1, but couldn't find it. The closest thing to it is 4.0.82. OK, click on kdebase4 to upgrade it, and I get the message: "ktorrent requires kdebase4-runtime < 4.0.60, but this requirement cannot be provided". Uninstalling ktorrent leads to another similar message about dolphin, and I suspect ad infinitum. Perhaps I was doing this wrong, and I should have been installing a pattern or something, but who cares? I installed some KDE3 stuff and started using a sane desktop again. Unfortunately, though, you start getting a mix of themes, because the KDE4 versions of some apps come up, even with the /opt/kde3/bin/startkde lines. I'm sure people at openSUSE have put a lot of work into making KDE4 useable, but it's actually pretty awful in spite of that. It really shouldn't have been the default desktop on 11. So .. the good points are that the install is great, and the package manager is fast. The bad points are that pieces of the default desktop seem to be badly broken. Hopefully others will have better news to report. I may try 11 in a couple of days on another machine, if I can spare 4-5 hours. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.klebran.org.uk - Gwirydd gramadeg rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gtk fonts in openSUSE 10.3
by Istvan Gabor 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

Hello: I am using openSUSE 10.3 with KDE 3.5.7. I would like to change the fonts of gtk applications like gtktalog. I have tried to change them in KDE control center -> Appearance and Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts, which had no effect. Then I tried to change fonts in gnome-control-center -> Appearance -> Fonts. This had no effect either. What is the right way to do this? TIA, IG ________________________________________________________ Weblap egyszerűen, könnyedén! Csak 500 Ft/év!, és most + 1 év ingyen! http://fooldal.gportal.hu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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